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[quote="anon-0280"][quote="anon-p8qs"]Cranbury has Comcast and AT&T and Verizon Wireless so we are not considered an area without a broadband option, even though in practice that gives Comcast a monopoly.[/quote] Actually our only 2 true broadband choices are Comcast & Verizon DSL, although Verizon DSL is only "broadband" in the legal sense of the word - it is MUCH slower than Comcast in practice. Our other "broadband" (again legal sense) choices are Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile - however they are much to expensive to be practical for home use. So that leaves Comcast as our only choice for true high-speed broadband. The NJ Board of Public Utilities really let us down by allowing Verizon to weasel out of their promise to provide FIOS to every household in NJ.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-5652</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Dec 11 2014, 3:40 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">would be great if Fios came to town</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-0280</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Dec 8 2014, 8:30 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>anon-p8qs wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Cranbury has Comcast and AT&T and Verizon Wireless so we are not considered an area without a broadband option, even though in practice that gives Comcast a monopoly.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Actually our only 2 true broadband choices are Comcast & Verizon DSL, although Verizon DSL is only "broadband" in the legal sense of the word - it is MUCH slower than Comcast in practice. Our other "broadband" (again legal sense) choices are Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile - however they are much to expensive to be practical for home use. <br /> <br />So that leaves Comcast as our only choice for true high-speed broadband. The NJ Board of Public Utilities really let us down by allowing Verizon to weasel out of their promise to provide FIOS to every household in NJ.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-257q</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2014, 8:57 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>anon-p8qs wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">He said the new plan allows Verizon to only be as fast as DSL, which is about 5-10 Mbps and it is only fast in one direction. <br /> <br /> <br />Make that barely 3 Mbps down and 0.6 Mbps second up on a good day.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />DSL can be a heck of a lot slower than that.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-257q</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2014, 8:57 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>anon-p8qs wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I don't understand this <br /> <br />"The settlement also sets up a process in which customers in census tracts with no broadband can request such service from Verizon, if there are 35 or more of them, and each signs a contract for at least one year of service with a $100 deposit." <br /> <br />I have no broadband....does this mean if we get a total of 35 customers they come out and wire the town?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Your census area has to have no alternative broadband option, not that you just personally don't. Cranbury has Comcast and AT&T and Verizon Wireless so we are not considered an area without a broadband option, even though in practice that gives Comcast a monopoly.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-o498</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2014, 10:00 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">It also says that cellular data service qualifies as "broadband", so if you get Verizon cellphone service, that's good enough.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-p8qs</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Dec 6 2014, 12:37 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">He said the new plan allows Verizon to only be as fast as DSL, which is about 5-10 Mbps and it is only fast in one direction. <br /> <br /> <br />Make that barely 3 Mbps down and 0.6 Mbps second up on a good day.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-p8qs</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Dec 6 2014, 12:35 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I don't understand this <br /> <br />"The settlement also sets up a process in which customers in census tracts with no broadband can request such service from Verizon, if there are 35 or more of them, and each signs a contract for at least one year of service with a $100 deposit." <br /> <br />I have no broadband....does this mean if we get a total of 35 customers they come out and wire the town?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-0280</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Dec 3 2014, 9:47 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Not going to happen. Verizon has weaseled out of their promise to provide FIOS to all of NJ, despite charging us for it for the last several years: <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Jersey-Lets-Verizon-Off-the-Hook-on-Broadband-Obligations-128685" target="_blank">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Jersey-Lets-Verizon-Off-the-Hook-on-Broadband-Obligations-128685</a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Will_Verizon_be_allowed_to_break_its_FiOS_promise_to_New_Jersey.html" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Will_Verizon_be_allowed_to_break_its_FiOS_promise_to_New_Jersey.html</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-0537</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Dec 3 2014, 9:16 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Fios</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Does anyone know if Cranbury will be getting Fios?? I have seen a few Verizon trucks in various locations through town, but now sure if they were running lines for Fios. <br /> <br />Thanks!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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